SECTION 500.175. Condemnation and sale; release of seized article.

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1(1) 2When any article detained or seized under s. 10500.174 11has been found by the department to be subject to seizure and condemnation under s. 26500.174, 27the department may petition a court for an order of condemnation or sale, as the court may direct. The proceeds of the sale of food used for human consumption, less the legal costs and charges, shall be deposited in the State Treasury into the General Inspection Trust Fund.
75(2) 76Upon the payment of the costs of the condemnation proceeding and upon the execution and delivery of a surety bond to the effect that the goods shall not be sold or otherwise disposed of contrary to the provisions of this chapter, the department or court may order that the goods be delivered to the owner thereof instead of being condemned or sold.
138(3) 139If the department finds that any article seized under the provisions of s. 152500.174 153was not subject to seizure under that section, the department or the designated officer or employee shall remove the tag or marking.

History.-s. 15, ch. 59-302; s. 1, ch. 61-31; ss. 14, 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 436, ch. 77-147; s. 26, ch. 82-225; s. 19, ch. 87-388.

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Note.-Former s. 500.43.

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